We all love comtemplating the navel, but this clipping is quite good.

As Seen on zen-deshimaru.com

Montpellier, tuesday the 23th of july 2002

Sensei was saying during zazen:

“You should concentrate yourselves under the navel.” Myself, I think we should concentrate ourselves on the navel itself. When we concentrate on the navel itself, we concentrate also on the whole region, above and under. The navel is an intelligence, a consciousness extremely strong. It is the concretization, it is the thinking which concretized itself in reality. All your emotions, all your fears, all your feelings are written there and now in your navel. You can realize the liberation here and now, immediately, with the navel. You can realize absolutely everything you wish with the navel, by thinking with the navel. It is the source of all magic powers. So during zazen, concentrate your attention on the navel, tune your breathing, or tune your navel with your breathing. When you breathe with the abdomen, you navel swims, a bit like a jelly fish. Have you already seen jelly fishes swimming, how beautiful it is? Your navel has that kind of movement opening-contraction.The part of observation during zazen starts from the belly. Sensei said that there were two aspects to the zazen: concentration and observation. If you observe your navel during zazen, every feeling, every emotion will reflect itself directly at the level of the navel.